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Botswana Mining

By: Nadine James19th February 2016
Stakeholders in the mining industry should be assured by the knowledge that commodity prices are cyclical and, though some caution is necessary, commitment to the development of Botswana’s mining assets will ensure that the industry survives the temporary downturn in commodity prices, says... →

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19th February 2016
Energy company Shumba Energy (SE) has made significant progress on its Mabesekwa Export Independent Power Plant (MEIPP) project, which will be ready for bid submission by mid-2016. The project is located in the Mabesekwa village in Botswana’s Central District. Shumba has started with the bankable... →

GOING FOR COAL Shumba Energy hopes that its coal-to-power project wins preferred bidder status in the independent power procurement bids

19th February 2016
Botswana will host the Diamonds Still Sparkling Conference, for the second time in six years. The sixth in a series of triennial diamond conferences, Diamonds Still Sparkling 2016 will be held at the Gaborone International Convention Centre, and targets the full spectrum of the diamond pipeline,... →

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DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER The Diamonds Still Sparkling Conference will reiterate that fact

19th February 2016
According to Africa-focused diamond miner Petra Diamonds’ 2015 annual report, exploration expenditure increased from $2.8-million in 2014 to $5.7-million last year, owing to the programme under way at the KX36 project in Botswana. This included the costs to relocate and commission the bulk... →

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYING The first phase of exploration on KX36 concluded early last year

By: Nadine James19th February 2016
Although diamond demand is not immune to global economic trends, such as the slowed growth in China that resulted in a collapse in commodity prices, Aim-listed diamond exploration company Botswana Diamonds (BOD) executive chairperson John Teeling is still optimistic about long-term demand. “You... →

JOHN TEELING Botswana Diamonds executive chair says that despite recent economic trends, more people are entering the middle class,increasing the demand for jewellery, and thus diamonds

19th February 2016
Australian-listed metals miner MOD Resources last month announced that Phase 1 exploration had started at its Botswana copper/silver project, which is located in the Kalahari Copper Belt (KCB) – a region where MOD has various interests in licences covering an area of about 12 000 km2. The... →

DRILL TIME Exploration on MOD's project in the Kalahari Copper Belt started in earnest in January

19th February 2016
Australian-listed metals miner Botswana Metals Limited (BML) expects to boost its share price on the back of a possible resource upgrade, following the release of the results of its prefeasibility study (PFS) on the Maibele North nickel project, located in Botswana’s Central District. The PFS... →

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NOT A NICKEL-AND-DIME OPERATION Botswana Metals Limited expects that its Maibele North project will benefit from nickel price increases in the long term

By: Nadine James19th February 2016
The Botswanan government is expected to dedicate more resources to the development of its coal sector to diversify its mining revenue and meet its energy imperatives, says mining consultancy Core Consultants MD Lara Smith. This is attributed to a decreased global demand for diamonds – Botswana’s... →

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UNTAPPED POTENTIAL Botswana has the second largest coal reserves in Africa, but only one operational coal mine, the Morupule mine in eastern Botswana

20th February 2015
Despite its size and landlocked nature, Botswana does have the capacity to become a bigger player in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), particularly in the context of seemingly less stable economies around it, the organisers of Bauma Conexpo Africa say, adding that they are... →

By: Mia Breytenbach20th February 2015
Construction on Botswana-based diamond mining company Debswana’s Letlhakane tailings treatment plant expansion project is expected to start next month, with the facility scheduled to be handed over in the first quarter of 2017, Debswana head of corporate affairs Esther Kanaimba-Senai tells Mining... →

PILOT CONCEPT
The Jwaneng modular tailings treatment plant is a first for Debswana in introducing and testing the modular concept in the group, with a possibility of implementing it at other operations

By: Mia Breytenbach20th February 2015
The latest exploration boom in Botswana, although seemingly waning, has shifted the spotlight to several known deposits again, notes South African mining consultancy The MSA Group, stating that copper and nickel deposits were receiving particular attention. Recent high copper prices have resulted... →

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RENEWED INTEREST
Recent high copper prices have resulted in the potential economic feasibility of lower-grade copper deposits in Botswana

By: Mia Breytenbach20th February 2015
Junior miner, and Toronto-listed, Tsodilo Resources has moved into the next phase of its flagship Xaudum Iron Formation (XIF) project’s exploration programme, targeting Block 2 of the resource. The block is located to the south of Block 1 and is a larger area than Block 1, for which the company... →

EXPLORATION EVALUATION
Tsodilo Resources has used the ground magnetic-intensity signature and inversion model, and drilling to locate areas of likely high-grade material at its Botswana iron play

20th February 2015
Ekurhuleni-based Reliable Transformers, which was established by HJ van Zyl more than 30 years ago, is now a major player in the African transformer market. Transformers, inductors, reactors and plasma cutting power units are some of the products designed and manufactured in-house at the... →

By: Mia Breytenbach20th February 2015
With little or no coal mining exploration currently under way in Botswana, the industry has become “moribund”, says mining consultancy Analytika Holdings director Alan Golding. “While the Botswana coal mining industry has expanded to current production of about 3.5-million tons a year, the lack... →

LACKING VITALITY
While the Botswana coal mining industry has expanded to current production of about 3.5-million tons a year, the lack of a significant market remains a key challenge

By: Ilan Solomons21st February 2014
Africa-focused analytical and geochemical laboratory services provider to the mining industry Scientific Services (SciServ) aims to expand its African presence to Botswana – a development that the company will highlight at the Investing in African Mining Indaba that will take place at the Cape... →

STUART AND KELLY MOIR Scientific Services showcased its main features and capabilities at the 2014 Investing in African Mining Indaba

By: Ilan Solomons21st February 2014
Botswana based conference company Capital Conference’s Botswana Resource Sector Conference 2014, which will take place at the Gaborone International Conference Centre, in Botswana, from June 10 to 11, is set to attract more than 400 global delegates, says conference coordinator Emma Rynn.... →

DRAWING THE CROWDS More than 100 delegates have confirmed their attendance for this year’s conference

By: Ilan Solomons21st February 2014
Investors and industry stakeholders should take note of the growing importance of coal in the Botswana mining industry this year, as it could enable the country to diversify its exports, says strategy and communications consultancy africapractice associate consultant Sinethemba Zonke. He adds... →

COAL FOCUS Botswana’s national strategy on coal development, the Coal Roadmap, aims to develop the country’s infrastructure to take advantage of its estimated 212-billion tons of coal reserves

By: Ilan Solomons21st February 2014
More than 200 representatives from diamond company De Beers’ 80 sightholder companies flocked to Botswana, in November, to participate in the country’s inaugural international rough diamond sale, commonly called sights, where they gathered to buy parcels of rough diamonds sourced from De Beers... →

SORTERS PREPARING FOR SIGHTS Half of those employed at the De Beers Global Sightholder Sales division are Botswana citizens, which further supports the country’s downstream diamonds industry

By: Ilan Solomons21st February 2014
Diamond, base and precious metals exploration company Tsodilo Resources aims to publish a first resource statement for its Xaudum Iron Formation (XIF) iron-ore project by the mid-year, says Tsodilo Resources president and COO Dr Mike de Wit. “This will be the first step towards applying for... →

AMBITIOUS OBJECTIVES Tsodilo Resources plans to complete a first-pass evaluation of the Nxau Nxau general area, in northern Ngamiland for kimberlite deposits in 2014

21st February 2014
Johannesburg-based project management company MECK Projects & Engineering specialises in project management and implementation services for the resource, industrial and commercial sectors. MECK has worked on several projects across Africa, overseeing earthmoving workshops as well as the... →

By: Ilan Solomons21st February 2014
While Botswana’s real economy expanded by an estimated 7.4% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2013, the mining sector showed the strongest sectoral growth, expanding by 15.6% year-on-year in the second quarter, stemming from a 19.2% year-on-year ramp-up in domestic rough-diamond production... →

1st March 2013
As a semi-arid country Botswana cannot afford to take any risks when it comes to water management in new mining projects, says natural resource and development solutions provider SRK Consulting Johannesburg partner and principal hydrologist Peter Shepherd. →

By: Gia Costella1st March 2013
The current level of diamond production from areas such as Orapa, Letlhakane and Jwaneng, in Botswana, cannot be sustained much beyond 2025, says principal geologist and director of Gaborone-based geological and mine consultancy Analytika Holdings Alan Golding. →